A genre-bending, current affairs show covering the major events of WWI.
In fresh ground-breaking style, WWI history is presented with a contemporary spin. Experience the major events of WWI through the eyes of a TV news team breaking stories from the frontlines. Written with historians from the NZ Ministry of Culture and Heritage, the series is based on the real action at key moments for ANZAC troops - blended with a modern format the brings the past firmly into the present.
Field correspondents Jack Crawford (Jason Whyte), Joe Stevens (Paul Yates) and Paul Jameson (Richard Dey) ‘report’ from major WWI sites and battles. Meanwhile in the New Zealand studio, news anchor Ray Harkness (Mark Mitchinson) and in-studio expert Robyn (Nathalie Boltt) analyse field strategies, discuss landmark campaigns and examine changes in New Zealand culture affected by every aspect of the war.
War News imagines what reporting the news from the frontlines of the Great War would be like, for a gripping, dramatised series that tells the inside story of New Zealand’s role in WWI.
Cast: Mark Mitchinson, Nathalie Boltt, Jason Whyte, Richard Dey, Paul Yates
Director: Mike Smith
Producer: Gary Scott
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War News is available in full, on Vimeo on Demand.
